On April 20, 2017, many local tango dancers collaborated with the Immigration Project to support legal assistance for immigrants.
Some photos from the event are available on the News Gazette website
At The Immigration Project fundraiser event in Champaign on April 20, 2017
Tango Dancers work the dance floor during the Immigration Project fundraiser. The C-U Tango Community performed at the end of the evening in a show of solidarity for the event.
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Patricia Muller said she found these videos that a traveller left behind at her house. They show dancing in Buenos Aires in the early to mid 1990s.
These videos are very clear and good quality, and one can see the style of tango that is danced in the milongas of Buenos Aires not only in the 1990s but also today in the 2010s
http://youtu.be/SIy-I-XIWSw
http://youtu.be/aaVXeLUDENs
http://youtu.be/h9v3qDWzNZg
http://youtu.be/XjzVe6yJoRk
http://youtu.be/5pPRMuty-A0
http://youtu.be/pViX3KfjVrQ
http://youtu.be/9qdXFW5dOqM
http://youtu.be/m9L-O_ACSik
http://youtu.be/TK5UIEPbp5A
http://youtu.be/jq9SxkGiXuk
http://youtu.be/QrqWvPwBR44
http://youtu.be/wYalT9pb0ZQ
http://youtu.be/EsVcF7XoXec
http://youtu.be/W0xubFdSWWs
http://youtu.be/zLQn7NdNjzs
http://youtu.be/fEwNW_-9HBY
http://youtu.be/kjYbxOTZSzA
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From the Yang Sheng newsletter of Tai Chi and Chi Gong practices, comes an article by Chen T'ai Chi teacher Yang Yang called "Overview of Best Practices in T'ai Chi."
In this article I read many aphorisms that seem relevant to Tango practice.
If you study something—anything—in an efficient way, you can learn it in a fraction of the time. (-Chinese Proverb, literally “half the work, double the result.”)
Many other traditional gems of wisdom concerning physical training are, in my view, directly applicable to learning a dance form such as tango.
苦练十年,不如名师一点: Ku lian shi nian, bu ru ming shi yi dian. One word from a knowledgeable teacher will save ten years of hard practice.
诀窍奥秘, 须经明师口传心授:Jue qiao ao mi, xu jing ming shi kou chuan xin shou. Tricks of the trade and secrets of practice must be passed on by sincere instruction from a teacher who understands the art.
However, it is also said that, ultimately, a teacher can only point the direction for student—it is up to the student to make the journey. (Shifu ling jin men, xiu xing zai ge ren, 师父领进门, 修行在个人, which literally means “the teacher will lead you to the door, but it is up to the student to improve.”)
Much of the importance of the teacher is to outline efficient curriculum for the student. The single best question a student can ask is “what should I be practicing, and what percentage of my practice time should be spent on each exercise?”
How do you formulate your approach to learning tango?
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